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CFC Campaign Begins by DOROTHY COLEY the 2006 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Will Begin with a Staff Rally at 10 A.M LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Volume 17, No. 43 A Weekly Newspaper for the Library Staff October 27, 2006 CFC Campaign Begins By DOROTHY COLEY The 2006 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) will begin with a staff rally at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in the Mumford Room, LM 649. This year’s theme is “Be a Star in Someone’s Life.” The “Kick-Off” is the launching point of the campaign, designed to motivate staff members to begin thinking about contributing to their favorite organizations, or to consider new charities that reach out and help others. A Navy Color Guard will open the event with pomp and presentation of the colors in a glitzy Hollywood setting, in keeping with the “be-a-star” theme. The Library has invited as a motivational speaker Tom Morris Jr., a segment producer for “America’s Most Wanted,” a FOX television network crime show. With a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Norfolk State University (1980), Morris has worked as a print and broadcast journalist, a communications strategist for the Prince Georges County Economic Development Corporation, and as an antiterrorist security specialist for an Embassy Task Group. The Librarian of Congress, who serves as the campaign chairman, has appointed Bill Ayers, special assistant to the Exhibition “Cartoon director of Human Resources Services, as this year’s vice- chairman and director of the overall campaign. America” Opens Nov. 2 Ayers expressed enthusiasm for the campaign and riginal drawings by some of America’s best-loved cartoon- the good works it supports: “CFC benefits everyone in ists will appear in a new exhibition, “Cartoon America: the community in which we live and work. This is a great OHighlights from the Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and opportunity for the Library’s employees to contribute to Caricature,” which will open on Thursday, Nov. 2, in the Great the scores of organizations that help make the lives they Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building. touch so much better. I encourage every Library employee On view through Jan. 27, the exhibition is free and open to the to participate.” public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Saturday. Other members of the management team include Reid The exhibition will feature 100 masterworks of such celebrated Graham, Agency Fair chairman; Robert Handloff, In-honor-of artists as political cartoonists Thomas Nast, Rube Goldberg, Bill Program chairman; Ricardo Grijalva, Talent Show chairman; Mauldin and Patrick Oliphant; comic strip creators Winsor McCay, Nila Iwaskiw, CFC webmaster for the Library; and Dorothy George Herriman, Chic Young, Milt Caniff, Charles Schulz and Lynn Coley, publicity. Johnston; humorous gag cartoonists Peter Arno and William Steig; The goal of this year’s campaign is to increase the overall caricaturists Al Hirschfeld and David Levine; animation drawings Library participation rate to at least 60 percent. The monetary and cels from Walt Disney Productions and Hanna-Barbera; and goal will be $600,000, which is about $60,000 more than last illustrations by Edwin A. Abbey, John Held and Michael Hague. year’s total intake of $538,000. Drawings selected for the exhibition reflect the primary col- The next big CFC event will be the annual Agency and lecting interests of J. Arthur Wood Jr., a connoisseur of popular Charities Fair on Nov. 7 in the Madison Hall. There, staff may graphic art. Wood’s collection of more than 36,000 original cartoon meet representatives of some of the agencies that benefit drawings — the Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature from CFC gifts. — is now housed in the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division. CFC, Continues on page 11 CARTOON, Continues on page 9 2 TH E G A Z ette OCTOBER 27, 2006 FORUM To the Staff: The Gazette I wanted to thank each and every staff member who contributed to the resound- A weekly newspaper for the Library of Congress staff ing success of this year’s National Book Festival. Although we began the day with GAIL FINEBERG some cool, damp weather, your dedication to this annual celebration of American Editor MICHAELA McNICHOL creativity and the joy of reading warmed the spirits of the authors and festivalgoers Visual Information Specialist alike. We started the day with packed author-and-activity pavilions and we ended Contributing Editors: Erin Allen, Calendar; Carlin “René” Sayles, Moving On and Length of Service; Runako Balondemu, the same way. Donated Leave Many of you were a part of the planning that permitted this complex public event Contributing Photographers: Francisco Apodaca, Erin Allen, to occur “without a hitch.” Those of you who were able to be there could see for T.J. Jeffers, Michaela McNichol, Charlynn Spencer Pyne yourselves that you made a difference. Those who worked behind the scenes get- Proofreader: George Thuronyi ting ready for the festival as well as those who worked that day should know that I PETER BRAESTRUP JAMES W. McCLUNG Founder Founding Publisher deeply appreciate their time and effort. It takes a team to make the National Book (1990 – 1997) (1990 – 1994) Festival the premier book festival of this country. The Gazette encourages LC staff to submit articles or photographs Once again, thank you! of general interest. Submissions will be edited to convey the most James H. Billington necessary information. 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